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The Miss-Fires first Speakeasy Fundraiser was a ROARING success! We’ll soon have a follow up post with lots of lovely pics, but right now we just want to give a shout out and huge THANK YOU to all of the amazing companies that donated to our raffle!

Also, an extra special thanks to Park Luncheonette for donating and delivering a ton of delicious pizzas, to Lady Jay’s Bar for donating 480 beers (!!!), and to Tanteo Tequila for donating lots of bottles of Jalapeno Tequila!

Last but not least, the event wouldn’t have even been possible if Val didn’t offer up Motorgrrl’s new space at 42 Dobbin Street, Brooklyn NY 11222. Go check her out and ask about her winter storage offers!

This past weekend a bunch of The Miss-Fires rallied with some of our favorite fellas to head out to Strange Days Motorcycle show/meet-up/camp-out/live music festival/swap meet in Vernon, NJ. It was Brandon’s (Death or Victory) first ride since his unfortunate wreck 16 weeks ago to the day – a wreck that left him with a broken femur and a totaled bike. We all met up at his garage and waited while he did some last minute adjustments to his “new” 1985 Harley FXR.

Photo by Rich Gone

Photo by Rich Gone

Photo by Suzanne

Photo by Rich Gone

We hit the road and ran directly into some pretty rough Manhattan traffic. We did our best to stick together and made it though the Holland Tunnel with everyone except for our girl Rachael and her friend (never got his name!) It was a hot and humid ride so we took a quick break to gas up and hydrate before navigating some fun scenic back roads of New Jersey.

Photo by Suzanne

It was a great ride until we turned a corner and basically ran directly into a scary situation. We had found Rachael and her friend, but under the worst circumstances. She had taken a turn a tad too wide and wound up in the woods off the side of the road. Aside from being a bit shaken and muddy, she was FINE (huge miracle). Her Sportster, on the other hand, was a bit dinged up. She lost her plate and her clutch lever. We all hung around while John, Scott, Brandon and some of the rest of the crew worked on rigging her lever well enough so that she could ride it to a nearby dealership to have it fixed.

Photo by Suzanne

Photo by Rich Gone

We hit the road and headed to our first destination, the Chatterbox Drive-In Diner. We just happened to roll in during their weekly car show. The “mayor” of the car show wasn’t too thrilled that our bikes were taking up their precious parking spaces, so we ate and drank our rootbeer floats as quickly as possible and got the hell out of there before we overstayed our welcome.

Photo by Rich Gone

Photo by Rich Gone

Photo by Rich Gone

Photo by Rich Gone

Photo by Lynda Lucas

At this point a few of us who needed to get back to the city (my dog has a small bladder) broke off and took the scenic route back – through Bear Mountain.

Photo by Suzanne

The rest of the crew – I’d say at least 20 people – made it to Strange Days and partied into the night.

Photo by Rich Gone

Photo by Rich Gone

Photo by Rachael Becker

Photo by Leslie Padoll

Photo by Kristen Reed

Photo by Rachael Becker

Photo by Rachael Becker

Photo by Kristen Reed

Photo by Rich Gone

Photo by Rich Gone

Photo by Rich Gone

Photo by Rich Gone

Let’s do it again for the Gypsy Run! Save the date, September 12-14…Be there!

Today’s the day! Tar Pit Presents Locally Brewed III begins at 11am! Here is a list of great prizes for our sweet swag raffle. We’ll be choosing the winners at 5pm tonight, so come out early to buy your tickets! $2.00 per ticket and you could go home with one of the following:

Tomorrow is the big day! The Miss-Fires will be at Tar Pit Presents: Locally Brewed III to team up with member owner Kerry to raise money for local charity Hosh Kids! We’re having a bake sale, a 50/50 raffle and we have over a dozen great items to raffle off, including the amazing grand prize below.

If you cannot make it to the Tar Pit coffee shop to buy a raffle, you’re in luck! Here’s your chance to still be in the running for the grand prize! You have until 5pm Saturday, May 10th to enter using the paypal link below.

The Miss-Fires are joining forces with the owners of Tar Pit coffee shop for a day of art, food, booze, motorcycles and charity!

The Tar Pit coffee shop holds its annual event, Locally Brewed, next Saturday, May 10th from 11am-9pm. The event hopes to cultivate new relationships within the community by introducing local artists and making their art more accessible for the general passerby. They also hope that it inspires communication within the neighborhood fostering new friendships and continuing existing ones.

The six selected artists have been given a predetermined theme a few weeks in advance and work within a selected color palette. Functioning raised panel garage doors serve as the canvas. The artists will be placed in a sequential order and will complete their paintings as a live performance. This year’s theme is MOTORCYCLES!

There will be food by Yeah Dawg! and Cake Thieves. Sixpoints is getting some brewski. There will also be a band or two.

The Miss-Fires will be on hand to help raise money for a local charity: Hosh Kids – Hosh is a local yoga studio that sends its teachers to local schools to provide children with sessions of yoga and meditation. During these sessions they also teach very important lessons on mindfulness. The owner said that if we could raise $800, that it would be enough to provide one local school with one semester of practice.

We’ll be having a bake sale (cookies in the shapes of tools! Yes!), a 50/50 raffle and a regular raffle with gift certificates from local restaurants, hair salons, tattoo shops and other establishments. Other great raffle prizes include lots of moto related items including some gear graciously donated by Val of Motorgrrl Garage and moto accessories from Corinna at Via Meccancia. This could be your chance to get on the guest list for a Bowery show or snag some gear that you’ve been meaning to purchase. You might even walk away with a great gift for mom (Mother’s day is Sunday!).

We’ll make room for Moto parking! We welcome respectful bikers of all stripes.